From: PhDr. Eva Novotná [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:02 PM
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
Subject: Re: Wooden cabinets vs steel cabinets
Hello Rudi,
we made reconstruction of old Map collection 2 years ago.
You could find it here.
http://www.natur.cuni.cz/geografie/mapova-sbirka/virtualni_prohlidka
We had the original wooden cabinets.
We dealt it so that we put inside the metal shelves.
And historic interior is maintained.
Eva Novotná, Map collection, Prague
PhDr. et Mgr. Eva Novotná
Mapová sbírka, ředitelka
Knihovna geografie, vedoucí
Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Přírodovědecká fakulta
Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2
www.natur.cuni.cz <http://www.natur.cuni.cz>
www.temap.cz <http://www.temap.cz>
www.geobibline.cz <http://www.geobibline.cz>
Director of Map Collection
Head of Geographical LIbrary
Charles University in Prague
Faculty of Science
Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2
www.natur.cuni.cz/en <http://www.natur.cuni.cz/en>
2014-05-29 19:45 GMT+02:00 Angie Cope <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >:
From: Traichel, Rudi [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:58 AM
To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
Cc: Traichel, Rudi
Subject: Wooden cabinets vs steel cabinets
Good morning everyone:
We are still in the process of getting our low use and superseded maps ready for that High Density (HD) storage facility here at UBC. I have a new question for the group.
Half the cabinets targeted for our HD facility are those aesthetically pleasing wooden types. We have had many of these since the 50s, some earlier.
There are some questions about continuing to us the wooden cabinets in an HD facility for the flat sheets. The wooden cabinets are made of an organic material (albeit, so are the maps). Wood reacts to humidity levels (which should be less a problem in an cutting edge HD and environmentally sound facility) and absorb airborne contaminants, I believe. Wood and the stains used on them stain (and I have evidence of this from old sheets in the cabinets) or can off-gas (probably not an issue with cabinets of this age in a stable environment).
To mitigate future threats to the maps, we will folder as much as many maps as we can, and If we keep the cabinets we will line the bottoms and tops of the drawers with archival, lignum free papers).
Are there any concerns or worries out there about the soundness of continuing to use these wooden works of art for a collection of maps, many may be last copies in this portion of Canada, that we wish to conserve for posterity?
Other than buying steel cabinets to replace them, are there any options?
Any ideas or suggestions or advice would be most welcome.
Cheers,
Rudi
Rudolf Traichel
Maps, Microforms, and Serials Cataloguing Librarian
UBC CTS – Cataloguing – Floor 3 – Woodward Library
-- 2198 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3 CANADA
CTS Tel:(604) 822-3083 : Fax: (604) 822-3201
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